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Big Blue murders Cell blade servers

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:03:04 +0000

Power chips live on. In game consoles IBM's QSZ2 Cell-based blade server received nary a mention at last week's SC09 supercomputing trade show in Oregon. And for good reason.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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IBM's cat-brain sim a 'scam,' says Swiss boffin

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:11:33 +0000

Neuroscientist hairs on end Responding to its nation's sovereign call to develop electronics with the intelligence of a cat , IBM last week announced a major step in feline gray matter simulation. But professional rivalries clearly run deep inside puss brain replication circles, with a leading neuroscientist blasting the project as a "scam" and a "mass deception of the public."… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Exascale computing: How do we get there from here?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:38:26 +0000

IBM guru Dave Turek tells us what's what Exascale supercomputers, the computing industry’s next frontier, will run 1,000 times quicker than the fastest computers of today – and the world’s scientific researchers are sure to drum up plenty of projects to harness their compute power. But how do we get there from here?… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

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PlayStation Helps Feds Catch Pedophiles

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:53:00 +0000

The federal government is using Sony's PS3 to crack passwords and investigate suspected child pornographers.

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IBM chase HP (and Sun) with tiny mem prices

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:29 +0000

AIX pipeline lubrication In an effort to boost the amount of money that IBM is getting from competitive takeouts of Unix systems from Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, Big Blue has taken a sharp machete to the memory prices on its Power Systems, reducing prices by between 28 and 70 per cent.… What is your recession sales strategy?

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Mac OS X 10.6.2 Hack Gets Atom Support Back

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:49:00 +0000

The OS X 10.6.2 update dropped support for the hackintosh-friendly Intel Atom processor. Just two days after the update was released, it was hacked to allow the chip to be used once again.

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Snow Leopard Hacked to Bring Back Atom Support

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:01 +0000

It's baaaaaack -- but it's not easy.

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Happiness on Facebook Cuts Canadian Woman's Health Care

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:00 +0000

An IBM employee claims her medical leave was cut short based on the insurance company's assessment of her Facebook activities.

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Asus intros netbook with desktop CPU

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:36:36 +0000

Category killer? Asus has once again extended it Eee PC netbook range, this time with a machine that not only includes Nvidia's Ion graphics but also a dual-core Atom processor - a desktop chip, to be precise.…

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Hack Brings 10.6.2 Back to Atom Processors

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:35 +0000

Remember last week, when the net was abuzz with the news that the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update broke notebooks with Atom processors? Well, given the first syllable of...

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IBM squishes systems software into new business unit

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:32 +0000

Making programs play nice with each other As is usually the case at IBM, the official convergence is often announced long after various product lines were already well on their way toward a confluence behind the scenes. And so it is with a new unit of Big Blue's Systems and Technology Group, which put all of its operating systems and hypervisor virtualization software under the control of one group back in early September, but is just talking about it now.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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US PS3 Sales Leap 70% in October

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:42:00 +0000

Sony celebrates the PS3's three-year anniversary by highlighting substantial year-over-year growth figures, but are they are impressive as they sound?

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ARM, MIPS Accelerate Android Push

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:50:16 +0000

ARM and MIPS Technologies have this week made announcements that aim to simplify and accelerate the development of Android-based devices.

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IBM greases mainframe app pipe

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:02:02 +0000

System zware boost IBM is sweeping cobwebs off big iron with a host of new software products and updates aimed at streamlining maintenance and squeezing more workloads out of the System z mainframe.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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IBM lab builds computerized cat brain

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:37:57 +0000

Feline consciousness sim ROTM Mad scientists at IBM say they've made "significant progress" towards creating a computer chip that can emulate the human brain's ability to sense, perceive, comprehend, and interact with the real world*.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 connect to Facebook

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:18:30 +0000

NEW YORK — Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.

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PS3 Firmware 3.10 Released, Adds Facebook Support

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:26:00 +0000

Sony releases new PS3 firmware version, adds ability to update Facebook news feed with game trophy, event, and purchase information.

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Xiotech in spin transplant

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:02:02 +0000

New CEO means new marketeer Comment Incoming Xiotech CEO Alan Atkinson has replaced Xiotech's head marketeer with an IBM recruit.… What is your recession sales strategy?

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IBM Offers Symphony on Keepod USB Devices

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:21 +0000

IBM is hoping to goose Symphony usage with a new USB device deployment option.

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360 Facebook and Twitter Today, PS3 Integration Incoming

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:04:00 +0000

Microsoft Xbox 360 Facebook and Twitter functionality launches today, while Sony counters with promise of integration in forthcoming PS3 firmware update.

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SGI previews UltraViolet Nehalem EX blade clusters

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:03:06 +0000

Taking orders now for next summer ships SC09 Sometimes a server announcement is as defensive as it is offensive. So it is with the UltraViolet Altix UV big bad blades that Silicon Graphics showed off at SC09 in Portland, Oregon, Monday afternoon.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

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IBM and AT&T Unveil Cloud Computing Services

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:58:00 +0000

The Internet just got a bit more overcast with the addition of two more clouds. Both IBM and AT&T; announced new services to join Microsoft, Amazon, and Google in establishing a cloud computing services.

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HP double stuffs Nehalem blades

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:02:01 +0000

Skinless Opteron iron for HPC SC09 Hewlett-Packard may not dominate the HPC headlines, but it does serve up a lot of iron that runs HPC applications. And today, at the SC09 supercomputing show in Portland, Oregon, HP is adding two new servers to its ProLiant portfolio aimed specifically at the cluster crowd.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Jaguar supercomputer races past Roadrunner in Top500

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" finally bests IBM after three tries. The top 10, while still dominated by supercomputers housed in the U.S., had just one newcomer. Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

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